Hosea 9:8
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.”
דֶּרֶךְ
Way, road, path. Derek. The way of the LORD. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. God guides every step of those who trust Him.
נָבִיא
a prophet
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נָבִיא
A prophet, one who speaks forth. Nabi. Not primarily a predictor of the future but one who speaks God's word into the present.
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עַל
is on
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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צָפָה
was a watchman
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צָפָה
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
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פַּח
a trap of
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פַּח
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
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יָקוֹשׁ
a fowler
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יָקוֹשׁ
properly, entangling; hence, a snarer
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מַשְׂטֵמָה
animosity
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מַשְׂטֵמָה
enmity
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